Date 23 July 2016 Driver Pierre Gasly | Laps 37 Time 1:25.612 | |
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Location Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary Course Permanent racing facility
4.381 km (2.722 mi) | ||
The 2016 Hungaroring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds were a pair of motor races that were held on 23 and 24 July 2016 at the Hungaroring in the Hungary as part of the GP2 Series and GP3 Series. It was the sixth round of the 2016 GP2 season and the fourth round of the 2016 GP3 season. The race weekend supported the 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Contents
Background
Richard Gonda returned to the GP3 grid after missing the third round at Silverstone.
Qualifying
Pierre Gasly secured his second pole position of the year in dominant fashion. With a time of 1:25.612, Gasly was over half a second faster than nearest competitor, Sergey Sirotkin. Prema Racing team-mate, Antonio Giovinazzi achieved third with a time eight tenths adrift of Gasly's time.
Feature Race
Gasly took his second win of the season from Sergey Sirotkin and Antonio Giovinazzi.
Sprint Race
Sirotkin controlled the race to take his first win of the season from the Racing Engineering pair of Jordan King and Norman Nato.
Qualifying
Nyck de Vries secured his first pole position of the season with a time of 1:32.979 - nearly half a second faster than that of second-placed driver, Matt Parry. Antonio Fuoco achieved third place, only marginally less than half a second off the pace of de Vries.
Race 1
Matt Parry took his first GP3 win and Koiranen GP's second for the year. Fuoco achieved second and Jake Dennis in third.
Race 2
Alexander Albon took his third win of the season, extending his lead in the championship over teammate, Leclerc. Arjun Maini achieved second place in his fourth outing with the Jenzer Motorsport team, whilst Leclerc came through in third place.